At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250,000

Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

"Rough estimate based on various sources; 3,814 in Spain according to 1991 linguistic census"

PLACES

France; Spain

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Spoken in the departments of Landes, Gers, and Hautes-Pyrénées, the eastern parts of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, the western parts of Haute-Garonne and Ariège, and the southern and western parts of Gironde, France; the Aran Valley, northwestern Catalonia, Spain

"Rough estimate based on various sources; 3,814 in Spain according to 1991 linguistic census"

At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

France; Spain

Spoken in the departments of Landes, Gers, and Hautes-Pyrénées, the eastern parts of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, the western parts of Haute-Garonne and Ariège, and the southern and western parts of Gironde, France; the Aran Valley, northwestern Catalonia, Spain